Supply chain management for SMEs: A research introduction

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 970-993

  Thakkar, Jitesh ^a   Kanda, Arun ^b   Deshmukh, S G ^c  

^a A D PATEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c ABV INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

India; Small to medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350381135     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910994178     Document Type: Article

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